Summary:

Reporting to the Team Photographer, the Photography Associate will serve as a valuable member of the Photography Team to help shape the visual storytelling of the Washington Nationals’ ballpark experience. The position will primarily assist in marketing and fan photography at all home game days as well as provide support for on and off-field events, archival organization, and department requests. There will be opportunities to assist in live photo editing, as well as capturing additional game initiatives and imaging needs that support the sales, marketing, and communications departments.

Duration of Role: March to October

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Assist with coverage of game day needs with a focus on game day promotions, activations, fan photos, and ballpark atmosphere. Other assistance as needed includes batting practice, pregame ceremonies, and game action. On occasion, edit top images from the live feed of content during games for immediate social and requested use. Cull through all images postgame and after events for selective editing. Edit the culled images from each event with a team preset to ensure a cohesive look across all team photography. Assist in maintaining and organizing the team’s online photo archiving system (Photoshelter), and in the distribution of images to all departments. Caption and tag photos in Photo Mechanic with high accuracy to ensure ease in locating in the future. Collaborate with Photo Team to fulfill photo requests from Social, Communications, Player Relations, Nationals Philanthropies, Corporate Sponsorship, Ticket Sales, Marketing, etc. Assist Photo Team with team operations and other imaging needs. Other duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications:

A minimum of 2 years of photography experience, preferably within professional or college sports organizations, or equivalent experience gained through relevant college courses. Strong skills in Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, including Lightroom Classic and Photoshop. Familiarity with Photo Mechanic and ability to write general metadata to ensure proper organization and retrieval of image files. Experience with Photoshelter and file management. Good working knowledge of Apple Mac OS. Strong artistic vision and creative abilities. Action-oriented, highly organized, and ability to multi-task. Trust builder with discretion of the highest order.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities necessary to perform essential functions

Authorized to work in the United States. Successfully pass a Background Investigation. Uphold Core Values: Excellence, Performance, and Accountability. These core values set the tone in everything we do, help us succeed on and off the field, make a difference in the community and provide the best guest experience in sports. It is important that the person in the position commits themselves to these core values so that we can constantly move forward in the same direction – Together.

Physical/Environmental Requirements

Office: Working conditions are normal for an office environment. Work requires weekend and/or evening work whenever there are games or events scheduled. Gameday: Job requires employee to function in a high activity and heavily crowded outdoor professional sports venue. May work at heights. Employee will be exposed to inclement weather of varying degrees.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand for long periods of time, walk long distances, and climb up/down stairs. The employee is required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or sit and must lift and/or move up to 45 pounds.

Compensation:

The projected wage rate for this position is $17.50 per hour.  Actual pay is based on several factors, including but not limited to the applicant’s: qualifications, skills, expertise, education/training, certifications, and other organization requirements. Starting salaries for new employees are frequently not at the top of the applicable salary range.